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English: Map of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea by Department of State (2015), showing occupation by Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Philippines.
A Vietnamese map from 1834 also combines the Spratly and Paracel Islands into one region known as "Vạn Lý Trường Sa", a feature commonly incorporated into maps of the era (萬里長沙) ‒ that is, the same as the aforementioned Chinese island name Wanli Changsha. [58]
The Spratly Islands, showing occupancy. A feature is occupied by a country if one of the following is true: Soldiers and/or civilian citizens of a country are present in the feature, either by building structures over the feature to house the citizens (most features are of this type) or by manning a ship anchored over the feature (Philippine ...
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Modèle:Géolocalisation/Îles Spratleys; Modèle:Géolocalisation/Îles Spratleys/Documentation
In 1734, the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines published the first edition of the Velarde map, which details territories under full sovereign control of Spanish Philippines, including Scarborough Shoal (called Panacot in the indigenous language in the map) and Kalayaan or Spratly Islands (referred in the map as Los Bajos de Paragua ...
Landsat 7 image (2000) Nautical chart (1911). Southwest Cay, also known as Vietnamese: Đảo Song Tử Tây; Pugad Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Pugad, lit. 'Island of Nest'); Mandarin Chinese: 南子島/南子岛; pinyin: Nánzi Dǎo, is an island on the northwestern edge of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
Second Thomas Shoal, also known as Ayungin Shoal (Filipino: Buhanginan ng Ayungin, lit. 'sandbank of silver perch'), Bãi Cỏ Mây and Rén'ài Jiāo (Chinese: 仁爱礁/仁愛礁), [1] is a submerged reef in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea, 105 nautical miles (194 km; 121 mi) west of Palawan, Philippines. [2]
Taiping Island, also known as Itu Aba, [note 1] and various other names, is the largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. [3] [4] [5 ...